Tag Archives: Effect Of Childhood Trauma On Life Expectancy

Severe childhood trauma leading to serious conditions like borderline personality disorder reduces life expectancy, on average, by 19 years (read my article on this by clicking here).

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Serious trauma affects neurological (brain) development (click here to read my article on this) which in turn can lead to severe emotional and social/interpersonal difficulties. In order to cope with these problems, the individual may turn to harmful behaviours like excessive drinking, illicit drug use, over-eating and heavy smoking. In turn, this can lead to disease and early death.